PSIO 532 Study Guide - Final Guide: Micelle, Dietary Fiber, Kinin

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Graduate Physiology – GI Tract
Bile contains six major ingredients:
Bile salts
(synthesized in liver)
help solubilize fat in small intestine
secreted by hepatocytes
controlled by concentration of bile salts in the blood; the greater the plasma
concentration of bile salts, the greater their secretion into the bile canaliculi.
Absorption of bile salts from the intestine during the digestion of a meal leads to
their increased plasma concentration and thus to an increased rate of bile salt
secretion by the liver.
Lecithin
o(a phospholipid synthesized in liver)
ohelp solubilize fat in small intestine
osecreted by hepatocytes
Bicarbonate ions
-neutralize acid in the duodenum
-secreted by epithelial cells lining bile duct
-secretion stimulated by secretin in response to presence of acid in
duodenum (see pancreas)
Trace metals
Small Intestine – Liver Function
Cholesterol
Secreted by hepatocytes.
In addition to synthesizing bile salts from cholesterol, the liver secretes
cholesterol extracted from the blood into the bile.
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Absorption of bile salts from the intestine during the digestion of a meal leads to their increased plasma concentration and thus to an increased rate of bile salt secretion by the liver. Lecithin: (a phospholipid synthesized in liver, help solubilize fat in small intestine, secreted by hepatocytes. Bicarbonate ions neutralize acid in the duodenum secreted by epithelial cells lining bile duct secretion stimulated by secretin in response to presence of acid in duodenum (see pancreas) In addition to synthesizing bile salts from cholesterol, the liver secretes cholesterol extracted from the blood into the bile. Bile secretion, followed by excretion of cholesterol in the feces, is one of the mechanisms for maintaining cholesterol homeostasis in the blood and is also the process by which some cholesterol lowering medications work. Dietary fiber also sequesters bile and thereby lowers plasma cholesterol. Cholesterol is insoluble in water, and its solubility in bile is achieved by its incorporation into micelles.

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